Example sentences of "[pron] turned down [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Upon receiving a degree which would allow me to undertake research , I turned down a place which I had been offered to study theology , and went to Oxford . |
| 2 | ‘ I turned down a new contract at the end of the season , even though it meant getting a testimonial next year because I 've got to be playing in the Premier League to confirm my place in the Irish side . |
| 3 | I turned down a couple of T V series cos I did n't feel I was right for them . |
| 4 | A television play or four weeks away in repertory was OK , but I finally lost my agent when I turned down an interview for a job in June , ‘ because I 'll be picking the gooseberries ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ He has suggested , though , that the two practices should merge , and seemed amazed when I turned down the idea . |
| 6 | That evening she turned down a prior supper engagement , pleading a headache . |
| 7 | She turned down The Fabulous Baker Boys , a film which made Michelle Pfeiffer an international superstar and an Oscar nominee , because ‘ I felt it was n't right for me ’ . |
| 8 | The birthday princess was serenaded by Phil the year she turned down the offer of a party from Charles . |
| 9 | She turned down the gas and hurried to intercept the intruder . |
| 10 | She turned down the heat quicKly but some of the fat had splashed on to the flames and the blue smoke increased in density . |
| 11 | Shrugging , she turned down the right-hand one , looking for ‘ likely doors ’ . |
| 12 | Salford , who turned down a Leeds approach for Ian Bragger , yesterday listed Steve Herbert for £20,000 , at his own request . |
| 13 | Blencowe apparently owed his career as a judge to Wallis who turned down a bishopric for himself but asked that his son-in-law be considered for a judicial appointment [ DNB , 20 , 598–602 ] . |
| 14 | But Smith , who turned down a £1 million offer for Whittingham from Wimbledon earlier this year , said : ‘ He 's not for sale and that 's that . ’ |
| 15 | He succeeds Jocelyn Stevens , who turned down a fresh contract , and will pick up his duties with a five-year tenure on 1 August . |
| 16 | This loyal player , who turned down a contract with Ipswich Town to stay in the Province , deserves better treatment . |
| 17 | The Edinburgh " female question " clearly had repercussions outside the city , as can be seen from the reasons given by the Arbiter who turned down the Glasgow compositors " pay-claim in 1904 . |
| 18 | Of these only one , Bonitus , who had been appointed while still a layman , is said to have had scruples about his elevation , although he can be compared with the comes Genesius , who turned down the see prior to the election of Praeiectus . |
| 19 | Coppell , who turned down an indirect approach from Sunderland , has not been helped by the public criticisms of Noades . |
| 20 | ‘ Is that why you turned down the fifth series ? ’ |
| 21 | We turned down a flagrantly suburban side-street near the football ground . |
| 22 | The snow crunched a protest under the car wheels , as we turned down the country road which led to our home , thoughts of a hot cup of tea uppermost in our minds . |
| 23 | We turned down the offer of researching exactly how many men we 'd get to 3,000 feet of urinals , but allowing a couple of feet for each one , 1,500 men would make Wembley the tops for discriminating against women . |
| 24 | It was not clear if Mrs Shephard herself turned down the requests . |
| 25 | MORE than 170 Bosnian refugees have been refused visas to enter Britain , only hours after they turned down an asylum offer from Spain . |
| 26 | ‘ Some Americans wanted to open up the Spurling yard , and offered big money to the Borough Council , but that useless lot — that bunch of pen-pushers — they turned down the offer in favour of the Japanese . |
| 27 | They turned down the offer of free council flat in a city where 2,000 people are on a long-term homeless list . |
| 28 | But after magistrates heard from the pig centre and from the RSPCA , they turned down the application . |
| 29 | So it might be possible for a 50-year-old with a heart condition to be acting reasonably if he turned down a job involving more stress and daily travel , whereas a 30-year-old executive with no personal problems who rejected the same offer might forfeit his claim to statutory redundancy pay . |
| 30 | He turned down a job in a famous public school and wrote to Aunt Lilian , a long , very high-flown letter , saying that he believed social segregation in education to be totally wrong and that he could have no part in perpetuating it . |